Economic Census Says Rural Sectors
Growing Faster
In the first sign that economic
reforms are working, the “Economic
Census 2005” has shown that 61.3% of
rural enterprises to be growing faster
than their urban peers and a lot of
fast-paced development is happening in
the neglected North-East.<More>

Three Prisoners Commit
Suicide in Guantanomo
Three inmates at the US
prison camp at Guantanomo
Bay have reportedly
committed suicide using bed
sheets and personal
clothing under mysterious
circumstances that the US
calls a "mystical" effort
to free their peers.<More>

Environment, Health and Education

Diabetes and Fizz Soda
After introducing a plan to curb smoking in movies,
Federal Health Minister Anbumani Ramdoss is now asking
movie actors and cricketers to stop being brand
ambassadors to aerated drinks to curb obesity and
diabetes among children.<More>

Central Tobacco Authority Being Planned
Federal Minister of Health Anbumani Ramdoss said that a
Central Tobacco Authority (CTA) with unprecedented
powers to implement the provisions of the Tobacco Act is
being planned and revealed in the next couple of
months.<More>

Terrorism,
Defense, Security and Science &
Technology

Nepali Workers Executed in Kashmir
About 15-18 unidentified gunmen lined up 15 Hindu Nepali
laborers and in cold blood killed 8 and injured an equal
number in south Kashmir while another group exploded 3
grenades in a crowded bus stand in Jammu killing 1 and
injuring 31 Hindu pilgrims.<More>

Indo-US Talks Nuke Coop Talks
India and the US are to start conversations on
developing a bilateral nuclear agreement that could be
linked to the civilian nuclear deal that they signed
July 2005 and is currently being debated in the US
Congress.<More>

Neighbors

Nepal Cancels Terror Cases,
Releases Terrorists
Nepal has announced that it will
release all terrorists detained
under the Terrorist and Disruptive
Activities (Control and
Punishment) Ordinance (TADO) and
cancel all pending cases to
placate the terrorist elements
with which it is negotiating
peace.<More>

US Cuts Pak Aid
The United States (US) cut its USD 701
million aid package to Pakistan citing
deterioration in human rights, lack of
progress on democracy, not doing enough on
terror and also speculated for denying
access to disgraced nuclear scientist A.Q.
Khan.<More>

Iran Insists on Right to Enrich Uranium
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
chief El Baradei said that Iran was
continuing to resist investigation into its
controversial nuclear program and accused
Iran of accelerating its program even as it
negotiates with Western powers.<More>

World

SCO Members Sign Pacts
Celebrating its 5th
anniversary, the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO)
will sign several pacts on
security and economic
cooperation and discuss
“issues of regional and
international importance”
review “past development,”
and evolve “future plans.".<More>